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State of the Institute forum looks at financesAt annual event, President Hockfield and senior administrators discuss progress in meeting targets and challenges ahead.

A minor that's majorMIT’s new energy minor provides a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the policy, economics, science and technology of energy.

Stay focusedThe Computer Graphics Group sharpens photographs by capturing multiple low-quality images instead of a single higher-quality image.

3 questions: Ben Weiss discusses what a wet moon might meanThe planetary scientist explores the implications of the recent discovery of water on the lunar surface.

Following in their footstepsA unique lineage of four women in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT discuss their 'special responsibility' to help others succeed in academia

3 Questions: AIDS researchers on new vaccine resultsPartial success of a new AIDS vaccine offers clues to help develop a stronger vaccine, say MIT’s Arup Chakraborty and MGH’s Bruce Walker.

Whose Internet is it, anyway?One of the Internet's chief architects looks at the FCC's proposed Net neutrality rules.

Lab-grade economicsCan economists conduct studies with solid scientific foundations? Professor Joshua Angrist explains how to carry out 'natural experiments' with numbers.

From nature, robotsMechanical engineer Sangbae Kim looks to animals to inspire his robot designs

3 Questions: Phillip Sharp calls for 'New Biology' pushThe U.S. needs an ambitious biology research initiative to tackle broad challenges involving food, energy, the environment and health, says Nobel laureate.